Fluid-fuel water-heater.



A. F. 'BEHL.

FLUID FUEL WATER HEATER.

' APPLICATION FILED. DEC. 16' I915- 1210,55.

Patented Jan. 2,1917.

nllllllli ARTHUR F. REEL, F MILWAUKEE, WISCQNSIN.

FLUID-FUEL WATER-HEATER.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed December 16, 1915. Serial No. 67,218.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR F. BEHL, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fluid-Fuel Water-Heaters; and I do hereby de clare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in Waterheaters and the like and is more particularly adapted to the provisionof a water heater of a small and portable type whereinthe heating mem-'ber comprises a fluid fuel burner.

It is in general the object of the present invention to provide acompact and efficient heater of the class described, and it is morespecifically an object to facilitate the manipulation of the burnermember of the heater by the provision of means whereby ready access maybe had thereto for cleaning or refilling.

It is further an object to provide such a heater which may bemanufactured at a minimum cost consistent with suflicient strength anddurability of parts.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionresides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement andformation of parts more particularly hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through theimproved heater on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe heater with the major portion of the tank and casing broken away tomore clearly disclose the base structure, this View being taken roughlyas indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview through a slightly modified form of the burner casing. Fig. 4 is avertical sectional view through the lower portion of the body tank,showing a modified structure including a drain.

Referring now more .particularly to the accornp anying drawings, theimproved heater comprises a base including an annular plate 5 providedwith an upstanding circumferential flange 6 wherein is seated the tank 7which is adapted to contain the water to be heated'and which is closedby a suitable cover 8. The base plate 5 is supported by a plurality ofoutwardly divergent legs 9 so arranged as to prevent possibility of theheater tipping over due to Weight of the burner member carried at oneside thereof, when the burner member would be comparatively full and thetank empty.

Disposed vertically at one side of the tank and secured thereto by theangular bracket members 10 is a cylindrical casing 11 in which islongitudinally disposed a heating coil 12 having its ends directedlaterally and secured in nipples 13 carried by HdJiCGIlt upper and lowerportions of the tan The burner member maybe of any desired. type but ispreferably adapted for burning kerosene or the like and comprises acylindrical body member 14 which has its upper end projecting into thecasing 11. This burner body seats in a bracket member including annularconnected seating and holding portions 15 and 16 respectively each ofwhich is provided with an apertured ear 17 through which is passed apivot rod 18 which is carried by a lug 19 projecting outwardly from anadjacent portion of the body ring 5 and a brace 20 which is disposeddiagonally under the body ring and engages with the rod at its lowerend, the rod being headed at both endsoutwardly of the lug and bracewhereby a simple and sufliciently strong structure is provided forpivotally mounting the burner bracket. The pivotal axis of the bracketis disposed laterally of a plane including the axes of the tank andcasing, and the adjacent side of the casing is provided in its bottomwith a door 21. Thus the burner may swing entirely outwardly of thecasing whereby access may be had thereto for cleaning and refilling, thedoor 21 when closed normally holding the burner in a series of apertures22, to admit a proper current of air for the burner.

At the bottom of that side of the tank opposite the burner there isprovided a faucet 23 which is carried by a nipple 24: of the tank andthis nipple 24 and the lower nipple 13 of the heating coil, seat inrecesses 25 formed in the flange 6 of the body plate, and thus theproper position of the tank with respect to the burner structure isdetermined and the tank is held against rotation on the base, it beingnoted that the tank is readily removable by lifting it from the base.

From the foregoing it is observed that an exceedingly simple andefficient heater memture is partic arly adapted for use in ruralcommunities where kerosene forms the chlef available fuel. It isobserved that the casing 11 in addition to confining the heat of theburner to the coils 12 serves as a chnnney for the burner.

In Fi 3, a modified form ofcasing is employe comprisin a metal sheetU-shaped in cross section and aving its side edges secured to the sideof the tank whereby the portion of the tankbetween said side edges formsa wall of the casing. In this structure part of the heat of the burnerthus applies directly to the'tank for heating the water therem, and inaddition a simpler structure is procured than in the form 0 casingheretofore described.

Fig, 4 illustrates a slight modification of the tank wherein a drainagemeans for the tank is provided com rising a channel 7 digiosedtransversely 1n the bottom of the ta and taperin y enlarged in depth'to- 1 Ward its front end, which carries the usual outlet'faucet 23.

legs supportin said base portion, a tank dev tachably seate on the baseportion, a ,vertically extended coil carried by the tank andcommunicating therewith at s aced points,

and open bottom casing carrie by the tank and surrounding the coil, abracket depending'from one side of the base portion adjacent the casing,aheater member pivotally carried by the bracket andadapted to swing toextend into the bottom of the casing, one side of the casing being cutaway to permit swmgmg movement of the burner member outward y thereofand a door for closing said cut away portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in

the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in'the presence of twowitnesses.

ARTHUR r. BEHL.

